Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 3 Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SY All Rights Reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sheingate, Adam D., 1969– The rise of the agricultural welfare state : institutions and interest group power in the United States, France, and Japan / Adam D. Sheingate. p. cm. — (Princeton studies in American politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-00983-X (alk. paper) 1. Agriculture and state—United States. Agriculture and state—France. 3. Agriculture and state—Japan. 4. Pressure groups—United States. 5. Pressure groups—France. 6. Pressure groups—Japan. I. Title. II. Series. HD1761 .S49 2000 338.1©8—dc21 00-038501 This book has been composed in Sabon The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper) www.pup.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 |